At this point, I'm thoroughly convinced its a GPU issue, but I wanted other people's thoughts before I go get a new one:
Specs:
Phenom II X4 955 3.2 ghz
MSI 880GMS-E41(FX)
Kingston Hyper-X 1x8 GB DDR3
Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC
Intel SSD 335 180 GB + 2 Seagate HDDs
SilverStone 750W modular PSU (ST75F-GS)
Symptoms are as follows: at first, the computer monitor shuts off, cycles through analog/digital, but the computer is still on. Restarting the computer helps. Sometimes the whole PC freezes up. This only happens when playing 3D intensive games (BF4, DOTA2 so far). Didn't test other games as much as I didn't see the point. Now the crashing/monitor shutoff was completely random and therefore frustrating: sometimes, I can play for hours straight without crashing, but the next day, it starts crashing/monitor shutting off once or twice again in a day. NO error logs in Windows regarding the graphics, except for the improper shutdown logs. Again, the temperatures as per GPU-Z/MSI Afterburner top out at around 78C max, averaging 71C all throughout playing BF4.
I did:
- reset CMOS settings
- cleaned all fans and cleared of dust
- reseated graphics card, attached 6 pin GPU power connector to another 6-pin power slot in the PSU
- uninstalled driver 344.48 through DDU, and downgraded to 344.11 (sans the GeForce Experience, NVIDIA 3d vision, etc)
Now, it's different: running BF4/DOTA 2/Alan Wake will suddenly show temperature spikes of up to 100C. The game almost always slows down to a crawl when this happens. This is now happening EVERY time, though the game still continues to chug along, and in some cases, monitor shuts off again.
Is this a bad GPU? Is there anything else I can try? I don't have a spare GPU or spare anything to test unfortunately, except for a spare PSU. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
thanks.
Specs:
Phenom II X4 955 3.2 ghz
MSI 880GMS-E41(FX)
Kingston Hyper-X 1x8 GB DDR3
Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC
Intel SSD 335 180 GB + 2 Seagate HDDs
SilverStone 750W modular PSU (ST75F-GS)
Symptoms are as follows: at first, the computer monitor shuts off, cycles through analog/digital, but the computer is still on. Restarting the computer helps. Sometimes the whole PC freezes up. This only happens when playing 3D intensive games (BF4, DOTA2 so far). Didn't test other games as much as I didn't see the point. Now the crashing/monitor shutoff was completely random and therefore frustrating: sometimes, I can play for hours straight without crashing, but the next day, it starts crashing/monitor shutting off once or twice again in a day. NO error logs in Windows regarding the graphics, except for the improper shutdown logs. Again, the temperatures as per GPU-Z/MSI Afterburner top out at around 78C max, averaging 71C all throughout playing BF4.
I did:
- reset CMOS settings
- cleaned all fans and cleared of dust
- reseated graphics card, attached 6 pin GPU power connector to another 6-pin power slot in the PSU
- uninstalled driver 344.48 through DDU, and downgraded to 344.11 (sans the GeForce Experience, NVIDIA 3d vision, etc)
Now, it's different: running BF4/DOTA 2/Alan Wake will suddenly show temperature spikes of up to 100C. The game almost always slows down to a crawl when this happens. This is now happening EVERY time, though the game still continues to chug along, and in some cases, monitor shuts off again.
Is this a bad GPU? Is there anything else I can try? I don't have a spare GPU or spare anything to test unfortunately, except for a spare PSU. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
thanks.
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